Backyard Veggie Gardening 2018: Session 2 – Planting

14 October 2018 @ 8:30 am - 1:30 pm

Presented by Alison Walsh

Sunday, 14 October 2018 | 8.30am – 1.30pm

Backyard Veggie Gardening – a series of three, half-day workshops. The second session in the series is on Planting~ Sunday 14 October 2017 (Alison’s Garden, Araluen Rd, Deua Valley)

Leading from session 1 on Planning (9 September 2018) participants created a plan of their garden and a plan of what to grow. Having a plan helps you be organised and more efficient to grow quality produce with greater success.

In this second session – Planting – you will look at your garden in more detail. Using Alison’s property will give you a great reference of a perfect example of both a kitchen garden for everyday produce and a larger garden for more substantial plants. You will learn:

Soil health and ideal growing conditions,

Sowing – seeds vs seedlings,

Support structures,

Watering,

Compost and feeding methods, and

Bed maintenance and hand tools.

Backyard Veggie Gardening is perfect for a beginner to gardening and wants to learn how to grow food, and is also ideal for those who have a garden but want to learn effective practices and useful skills to make their garden thrive. These workshops are very practical, so be prepared to get your hands in the dirt.

This workshop is a stand-only and can be attended without attending the first workshop in the series.

About your PresenterAlison Walsh is passionate about gardening and growing quality produce. Gardening since childhood, Alison love of growing food and feeding people continues today. Her wealth of knowledge is seen in the quality of the food she grows. Using natural growing techniques, and a plan, Alison has a constant supply of food that feeds three neighbouring families regularly, with an abundance for the frequent visitors and preserving. In her spare time, Alison is a successful Herbalist at Moruya Natural Therapies.

Starting and maintaining a successful self-sustaining vegetable patch at home
isn’t really that hard – it requires some time, good guidance and a plan.

NEXT SESSION: Session 3 – Problem Solving ~ Sunday 10 February 2019 (SAGE Garden, 110 Queen St, Moruya)
With three months between workshops, this last workshop in the series will be a review of the season and help you work through solutions to some of the common problems you may have experienced through the summer growing season. You will learn about pests and diseases – how to prevent; green manure and soil maintenance; managing gluts and preparing for the hungry gap; preparing for the cooler months, and lessons learnt and planning for the next season.